Moorhead students earn way to We Day
November 18, 2013
More than 20 Horizon
Middle School and Moorhead High School students earned their way to We Day
after a service project last spring.
We Day Minnesota
was held Oct. 8 in the Xcel Energy Center and included speakers like Martin
Luther King III and Her Majesty Queen
Noor of Jordan and performers like The Jonas Brothers and Carly Rae Jepson.
We Day is an initiative of Free The Children, an
international charity and educational partner that educates, engages and
empowers youth to become agents of change. We Day is an educational event tied to the yearlong We Act
program, which offers
curricular resources and materials to help turn the day’s inspiration into
sustained activation. Participants commit to
completing one local action and one global action.
Horizon Middle
School and Moorhead High School students who earned VIP status at Minnesota’s
We Day were part of a May 2013 fundraiser for Free
the Children that raised $1,598.
Sayra Crary’s
English Learner students read about child labor during their Read 180 class
last school year. They were inspired by a young boy in Pakistan who was sold
into slavery by his family. For about six years the boy worked in a factory
making rugs. After he escaped, he managed to free many other child laborers. At
age 12 he was murdered, and his murder was blamed on the carpet factory owners.
His story led the
Horizon students to Free the Children.
The EL students
were inspired to help make a difference by asking for donations from students and
staff at Horizon. The students presented to staff, made morning announcements
and showed videos at lunch to encourage students and staff to “bring their
change to make a change.”
This fall the
students joined thousands of students from across Minnesota for the state’s
first We Day. About 20 other Moorhead High School and Red River Area Learning Center students also attended We Day and will be working on global and local service projects this school year.
After Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton proclaimed Tuesday, October 8, 2013, as We Day Minnesota, the
audience heard presenters and musicians throughout the day, including several
motivational speakers who encouraged the crowd to overcome challenges. Read more at http://www.weday.com/2013/10/minnesota-rocks-we-day/.
Categorized under: School